The objectives of the Outgoing Staff Mobility may be summarized as follows:
- to provide TSI teaching and administrative staff with opportunities for professional and personal development
- to share expertise in specialist areas, acquire new skills and competencies and to deepen mutual understanding of different European Education Systems
- to raise the profile of TSI and promote TSI study programmes
- to develop and strengthen cooperation between partner institutions
- to identify and develop new opportunities for collaboration
- to practice and improve foreign language competences
- etc.
There are two types of mobility: STAFF MOBILITY FOR TEACHING and STAFF MOBILITY FOR TRAINING
Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments (STA) is a field of activity that allows HEI teaching staff to teach and carry joint academic/educational activities at a partner HEI in the program countries. Here you can find the list of TSI Erasmus+ partner universities.
The following types of organizations are not eligible for STT:
- EU institutions and other EU bodies including specialized agencies (their exhaustive list is available on the website: http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/index_en.htm)
- organizations managing EU programs (e.g. National Agencies)
Eligible participants
Permanent teaching staff and researchers of TSI are eligible for the Erasmus + STA Program.
Duration of the Activity
From 2 days to 2 months, excluding travel time. Recommended mobility period for STA at TSI is limited to 5 days (excluding travel time). A teaching activity has to comprise a minimum of 8 hours of teaching per week (or any shorter period of stay).
Financial Provisions
STA is a daily based activity and a grant payment is made for the working days and one travel day.
Successful applicants will receive a grant payment to support their visit. A grant payment includes two components: Individual Support and Travel Contribution.
- Individual Support Rates
Receiving country | Amount per day (from 1 to 14) |
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom | 180 EUR/day |
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain | 160 EUR/day |
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 140 EUR/day |
- Travel Contribution
Travel contribution is calculated using Travel distance calculator (http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm). Distance is calculated between sending and receiving institution (city) in straight lines from one location to another.
Travel Distance | Amount |
Between 10 and 99 KM | 20 EUR per participant |
Between 100 and 499KM | 180 EUR per participant |
Between 500 and 1999KM | 275 EUR per participant |
Between 2000 and 2999KM | 360 EUR per participant |
Between 3000 and 3999KM | 530 EUR per participant |
Staff Mobility for Training (STT) can be taken by both: teaching and administrative staff members. STT supports training events abroad (excluding conferences), job shadowing, seminars, workshops, courses, practical training, study visits at Erasmus+ partner University or public/private organization, non-profit organization, association, NGO, etc. Here you can find the list of TSI Erasmus+ partner universities.
The following types of organizations are not eligible for STT:
EU institutions and other EU bodies including specialized agencies (their exhaustive list is available on the website: http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/index_en.htm)
organizations managing EU programs (e.g. National Agencies)
Eligible participants
Permanent teaching staff, researchers and administrative staff members of TSI are eligible for the Erasmus + STT Program.
Duration of the Activity
- Training periods can have a duration of 2 days – 2 months. Apart from the regular trainings, courses, internships are eligible (except for conferences and congresses). Recommended mobility period for STT at TSI is limited to 5 days (excluding travel time).
Financial Provisions
STT is a daily based activity and a grant payment is made for the working days and one travel day.
Successful applicants will receive a grant payment to support their visit. A grant payment includes two components: Individual Support and Travel Contribution.
- Individual Support
Receiving country | Amount per day (from 1 to 14) |
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom | 180 EUR/day |
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain | 160 EUR/day |
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 140 EUR/day |
- Travel Contribution
Travel contribution is calculated using Travel distance calculator (http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm). Distance is calculated between sending and receiving institution (city) in straight lines from one location to another.
Travel Distance | Amount |
Between 10 and 99 KM | 20 EUR per participant |
Between 100 and 499KM | 180 EUR per participant |
Between 500 and 1999KM | 275 EUR per participant |
Between 2000 and 2999KM | 360 EUR per participant |
Between 3000 and 3999KM | 530 R per participant |
Call for applications is announced twice a year – each call is for the current academic semester. Calls for applications are announced on the TSI website and social media.
Application period: September 1 – September 15 / February 1 – February 26
- Application Form for Erasmus+ mobility
- Applications shall be signed by the respective Dean of the Faculty (for teaching staff members) or line supervisor (for administrative staff members) and submitted to the International Office before the deadline of the respective Call for applications.
- Decision on participation in the programme is taken by the TSI Erasmus+ Committee and communicated to the participants withing 10 days following the decision.
Documents
Successful applicants shall submit the following documents to the International Office (Room 605, e-mail: Smagina.A@tsi.lv):
Before the Mobility
- Official Invitation Letter (signed and stamped by the receiving institution)
- Erasmus+ Staff Mobility agreement for teaching (signed by all parties)
- STA is a full-time activity and a grant payment is made for full-time training days and one travel day. For this reason, STA Agreement must clearly specify all objectives of the mobility and confirmed teaching program (not less than 8 ac.hours).
OR
- Erasmus+ Staff Mobility agreement for training (signed by all parties)
- STT is a full-time activity and a grant payment is made for full-time training days and one travel day. For this reason, in the Staff Mobility for Training Mobility Agreement a specific training program must be indicated on a daily-basis.
After the Mobility
- Certificate of Attendance (original document confirmed and signed by the receiving institution)
- Report for Teaching Mobility
- Report for Training Mobility
- Presentation to TSI staff
- Plane Ticket / Boarding Pass
- EU Survey (will be sent to the participant after the mobility)
